'Load water line' definitions:

Definition of 'Load water line'

From: GCIDE
  • Load \Load\ (l[=o]d), n. [OE. lode load, way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See Lade, Lead, v., Lode.]
  • 1. A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load. [1913 Webster]
  • He might such a load To town with his ass carry. --Gower. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care. " A . . . load of guilt." --Ray. " Our life's a load." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Weight or violence of blows. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Mach.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. The amount of work that a person, group, or machine is assigned to perform; as, the boss distributed the load evenly among his employees. [PJC]
  • 9. (Elec.) The device or devices that consume power from a power supply. [PJC]
  • 10. (Engineering) The weight or force that a structural support bears or is designed to bear; the object that creates that force. [PJC]
  • Load line, or Load water line (Naut.), the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.
  • Syn: Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See Burden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'load water line'

From: GCIDE
  • Water line \Wa"ter line`\
  • 1. (Shipbuilding) Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as straight horizontal lines. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Naut.) Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded. [1913 Webster]
  • Water-line model (Shipbuilding), a model of a vessel formed of boards which are shaped according to the water lines as shown in the plans and laid upon each other to form a solid model. [1913 Webster]